M^ BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



tices of others, I have adopted them, and now, by insertion in this 

 volume, give them all due praise." This assertion is borne out by 

 the general character of the work, which is essentially original. 

 Some copies of the 1808 edition bear the imprint of "Martin and 

 Cuthil."] 



Oriental field sports, being an accurate description 



of the wild sports of the East. 2 vol. London, 1808. 8°. 



Wilson ( James). The rod and the gun. Being two treatises 

 on angling and shooting. Edinburgh, Black, 1840. front.^ 

 pp. xii. 439. 8=.; 1841. /ro;//., pp. xii. 468. 8°.; 1844. front.^ 

 pp. xii. 460. 8°. 



[ Originally published in the eighth edition of the " Encyclopasdia 

 Britannica," but, in the words of the author, he " has strengthened 

 the mid-pieces, repaired the top, and given the whole a coat of 

 varnish." A " List of books on angling," including about 100 

 volumes, is inserted between the treatises. The treatise on angling 

 is much above the ordinary level as a manual. Mr. Wilson was the 

 brother of "Christopher North," and Professor of natural history at 

 Edinburgh. He contributed the following articles to Blackwood's 

 Magazine: "Fly-fishing," June, 1819 ; "Shaw on salmon fry," 

 April, 1840; " iSlatural history of salmon," Mav, 1843; " Scrope on 

 salmon fishing," July, 1843; 'Scottish fisheries," March, 1856; 

 "Fish-ponds and fishing boats," May, 1856. Also to the North 

 British Review: " Art of angling," vol.8; "Angling in Norway," 

 vol. 9 ; "St. John's tour in Sutherlamishire," vol. 11 ; and to the 

 Quarterly Review : " Yarrell's British fishes," April, 1837.] 



• A voyage round the coasts of Scotland and the Isles. 



Edinburgh, Black, 1842, 12°. 



[This work contains an account of the various fishing stations in 

 the Western Highlands and Islands, and describes the fish, flies, etc^ 

 It forms a complete angling guide round the North of Scotland from 

 the Clyde to the Fortli.] 



W^ilson (Professor John). The recreations of Christopher 

 North. 3 vol. Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1842. 8°.; 2 vol. 

 1857. 8°.; 2 vol. 1865. 8°.; also m, The modern British 

 essayists, vol. iv. 1848, etc. 8°. 



[Contains: "Christopher in his sporting jacket: fytte first, 

 second, third." "The moors: — Flight fourth— down river and up 

 loch." These articles appeared originally in Blackwood^ s Magazine, 

 but were revised before republication. To the same periodical 

 Professor Wilson contributed the following articles more or less 

 concerning our subject: "Streams," April, 1826; " Salmonia," 

 Aug., 1828; "Christopher at the Lakes," June, July and Aug., 

 1832; " Twaddle on Tweedside," May; "Loch A'^ve," June, 1833; 

 "Stephen Oliver on angling," May, 1834; " Stoddart's angling," 

 July; " Anglimania," August, 1835; and " The great unknown," 

 Nov., 1836. The " Noctes Ambrosianas," frequently touch upon 

 angling subjects. 



"The Isle of Palms and other poems," Edinburgh, 1812. Svo. 

 contains; "The angler's tent," (p. 181) and "The nameless 



